Ethnic/Racial Bias in Medical School Performance Evaluation of General Surgery Residency Applicants

Differential use of communal terms (caring/unselfish traits) versus agentic terms (goal-oriented/leadership/achievement traits) may reveal bias and has been extensively reported in letters of recommendation for residency. We evaluated bias in medical student performance evaluations (MSPE) of general surgery residency applicants. This is a retrospective study evaluating ethnic/race bias, as measured by differential use of agentic and communal...